The AI Tools Index

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create_checkout

Create a Stripe checkout URL for one paid add-on on one listing, and return it for a HUMAN to open. Never present this as a completed purchase: nothing is charged until a person completes checkout in a browser. Returns an error when the listing doesn't exist, the add-on isn't purchasable yet (free early access), or payments aren't configured in this environment.

slugstring, required

The listing's slug (as in a toolUrl, e.g. '/tools/acme-writer' -> 'acme-writer').

productstring, required

Add-on key: premium_launch, review_one, review_monthly, network_all, network_three. See list_offers for names, effects, and prices.

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create_checkout

Argument	Type	Description
slug*	string	The listing's slug (as in a toolUrl, e.g. '/tools/acme-writer' -> 'acme-writer').
product*	string	Add-on key: premium_launch, review_one, review_monthly, network_all, network_three. See list_offers for names, effects, and prices.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "slug",
    "product"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "slug": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "The listing's slug (as in a toolUrl, e.g. '/tools/acme-writer' -> 'acme-writer')."
    },
    "product": {
      "enum": [
        "premium_launch",
        "review_one",
        "review_monthly",
        "network_all",
        "network_three"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Add-on key: premium_launch, review_one, review_monthly, network_all, network_three. See list_offers for names, effects, and prices."
    }
  }
}

get_tool

Fetch the full public detail for one AI tool by its listing slug (as returned by search_tools' toolUrl, e.g. '/tools/acme-writer' -> slug 'acme-writer'). Call this after search_tools to get a tool's full description, launch date, revenue signals (verified or self-reported), and for-sale status. Returns null if the slug doesn't resolve to a live The AI Tools Index listing.

read-only

Argument	Type	Description
slug*	string	The tool's listing slug.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "slug"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "slug": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "The tool's listing slug."
    }
  }
}

list_alternatives

List live, same-category alternatives to a well-known AI tool (e.g. 'chatgpt', 'notion-ai', 'figma'). Call this when a user asks 'what are the alternatives to X' or wants competitors/substitutes for a named product. `target` is the well-known tool's slug, not a listing slug from this catalog.

read-only

Argument	Type	Description
target*	string	Slug of the well-known target tool, e.g. 'chatgpt'.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "target"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "target": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Slug of the well-known target tool, e.g. 'chatgpt'."
    }
  }
}

list_offers

List the optional paid add-ons a maker can buy to promote their listing (name, one-sentence effect, price in USD). Listing is always free; these only ADD reach and are always labeled 'Sponsored'. Call this to see what's purchasable before create_checkout. During free early access (early-bird), offers are not yet purchasable and this says so (purchasable=false).

read-only

No arguments.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "properties": {}
}

search_tools

Search the The AI Tools Index catalog of live, published AI tools by a free-text query. Matches on tool name, tagline, or category name (case-insensitive substring). Call this first when a user asks to find, discover, or compare AI tools by keyword, use-case, or category (e.g. 'agents', 'writing assistants'). Returns up to 20 results.

read-only

Argument	Type	Description
query*	string	Free-text search term, e.g. a tool name, use-case, or category.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Free-text search term, e.g. a tool name, use-case, or category."
    }
  }
}

submit_tool

Submit a new AI tool to The AI Tools Index on behalf of its maker. Creates a draft listing (not yet public) and returns a claimUrl the maker must visit to sign up and claim/publish it. Call this only when a user explicitly wants to list their own tool — never to submit a tool on someone else's behalf without their email. Rate-limited globally to 5 submissions per hour. Supply tagline, problemSolved, logoUrl and imageUrls whenever you can: they are what make the published listing look like a real product page rather than a stub.

Argument	Type	Description
url*	string	The tool's https homepage URL.
name*	string	The tool's name.
email*	string	The maker's email — used to claim the listing on signup.
logoUrl	string	https URL of the tool's logo. We copy it to our own storage — we never hotlink the maker's host.
tagline	string	One line shown on every card (max 60 chars). Supply it — without one we fall back to a truncated description.
xHandle	string	X/Twitter handle, without the @.
category*	string	Category slug, e.g. 'agents', 'writing', 'coding', 'design', 'marketing', 'productivity', 'video', 'analytics'.

{ "type": "object", "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "required": [ "name", "url", "description", "category", "email" ], "properties": { "url": { "type": "string", "format": "uri", "description": "The tool's https homepage URL." }, "name": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 80, "minLength": 2, "description": "The tool's name." }, "email": { "type": "string", "format": "email", "pattern": "^(?!\\.)(?!.*\\.\\.)([A-Za-z0-9_'+\\-\\.]*)[A-Za-z0-9_+-]@([A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9\\-]*\\.)+[A-Za-z]{2,}$", "description": "The maker's email — used to claim the listing on signup." }, "logoUrl": { "type": "string", "format": "uri", "description": "https URL of the tool's logo. We copy it to our own storage — we never hotlink the maker's host." }, "tagline": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 60, "minLength": 2, "description": "One line shown on every card (max 60 chars). Supply it — without one we fall back to a truncated description." }, "xHandle": { "type": "string", "description": "X/Twitter handle, without the @." }, "category": { "type": "string", "description": "Category slug, e.g. 'agents', 'writing', 'coding', 'design', 'marketing', 'productivity', 'video', 'analytics'." }, "imageUrls": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" }, "maxItems": 5, "description": "Up to 5 https screenshot URLs, best first. Copied to our own storage. Without any, the listing shows a generated placeholder card instead of a real screenshot." }, "description": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 1000, "minLength": 40, "description": "A description of the tool (40-1000 chars)." }, "problemSolved": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 160, "description": "What problem the tool solves, in the maker's words (max 160 chars). Rendered as its own block on the listing page." }, "xHandleIsFounder": { "type": "boolean", "description": "True when the handle is the founder's personal account rather than the product's." } } }